‘It feels terminal’: NHS staff in despair over working at breaking point (The Guardian, 4 January 2023)

Summary

As the NHS crisis has deepened in recent weeks, frontline staff have posted vivid, troubling accounts on social media of what has been happening in their workplaces. Many have described the NHS, and often themselves too, as “broken”. They have related the difficulty of providing proper care, the impact of acute understaffing and their fears for the NHS’s future.

In this Guardian article, read some of what doctors, nurses and other NHS staff have been saying.